Sheriffs, Immigration Officials Unveil Plan to Work Together

The Oakland city council voted unanimously to end cooperation with federal immigration agents, following reports that ICE is planning to launch massive raids across the Bay Area.

Protesters conduct a May Day rally in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, May 1, 2017, in San Francisco.

San Francisco and the Bay Area are expected to be the center of this raid, an area that has frustrated President Donald Trump because of sanctuary city laws in place.

ABC7 goes on to cite an article from the San Francisco Chronicle, which states Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] "would look to arrest more than 1,500 undocumented people while sending a message that immigration policy will be enforced in the sanctuary state".

Championed by De León, the law limits whom state and local law enforcement agencies can hold, question and transfer at the request of federal immigration authorities.

He credited acting ICE Director Thomas Homan with helping strike the deal. An ICE spokesperson would not confirm or deny reports. Under the state's law, California police are limited in their communication with federal agents on possible illegal immigrants in jail or awaiting trial.

In addition, ICE conducted raids about a week ago in other sanctuary jurisdictions, from California to Florida, at 7-Eleven stores, as a signal to businesses not to hired undocumented workers.

Early this month, Homan told Fox News that "California better hold on tight".

Those who have criminal records and those who have been served final deportation papers will be the focus, but if they come across other undocumented immigrants during the raid they could be taken into custody too.

While SB54 generally prohibits law enforcement from cooperating with ICE officials, Hing said some police departments might feel pressured to work with agents during raids.

Pelosi called any planned raids "an act of pure malice" against hard-working immigrants simply for being Californians.

"They're about to see a lot more special agents, a lot more deportation officers in the state of California", Homan said at the time. "Now the administration is targeting immigrants to make a political statement", Khanna, who represents California's 17th Congressional District, said in a statement. But the August 16 raid in West Oakland, and information released to the public afterward, warranted a more clear boundary, Kaplan said.

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